Chess960 is not implemented correctly in Chessbase.

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Hagen
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Chess960 is not implemented correctly in Chessbase.

Post by Hagen » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:48 pm

I'm using Fritz 10 and yesterday I downloaded the new version of Critter 1.0 64bit. I installed it in Fritz 10 using the UCI protocol built in and checked off the Chess960 option. I proceeded to play a Chess 960 game and castled as White when I got a chance. The engine immediately crashed. I fired up Shredder Classic 4 and installed Critter 1 64bit in there and played the exact same Chess960 setup and castled. The engine did not crash.

Conclusion: Chessbase and Arena are not using the Shredder implementation of Chess 960 or they are using a non standard version of the Chess 960 protocol. Bottom line from my experience suggests if you want to play Chess 960 correctly you must use the Shredder GUI. I have not checked Aquarium's implementation as I only have Rybka 3.1. Currently ChessPartner 6.1 doesn't support FischerRandom. That's as far as I've determined on my tests. Anyone care to comment on this state af affairs?

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noctiferus
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Re: Chess960 is not implemented correctly in Chessbase.

Post by noctiferus » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:33 pm

Some troubles in implementing 960 rules were already discussed here:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... l=chess960

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